Via BuzzFeed (and wherever else I read about it yesterday), news that a Japanese company is offering paid time off when you are going through a breakup. (You know, for more wallowing.)
Other suggestions: Hangover Leave, Catching Up On The Wire Leave, I Need A Sandwich Leave.
Amen. I need catching up on all TV shows leave, and eliminating unread posts from my Google Reader leave. Hell, why can't I just take "having a life" leave.
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What about those on-again/off-again couples? What if you take Heartache Leave for a few days, but then you get back together? Do you have to make up the time? And only one Heartache Leave day per year? Puhleese! I would just call in sick.
I would think working would be a nice way to quit thinking about the breakup. what are ya gonna do curl up in a ball in the corner of your room waiting to forget your troubles? I have an idea, make a little shed say, 10x10 feet. plop it in the middle of the forest and send out letter bombs to anyone who has ever pissed you off
sorry about that last post, I'm hungry for lunch
The I-need-a-sandwich-leave sounds pretty important if the alternative is letterbombing people who've pissed you off. I speak as one who has pissed you off occasionally. Quick! Eat something!
As for heartache leave: bad idea. Better not to be alone. I wish that Anne Sexton had taken a longer lunch with Maxine Kumin and that someone had arranged a playdate with Sylvia Plath and her little ones.
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